What’s the smallest change that’s made the biggest difference in your life? That’s an easy one for me: We canceled cable. One phone call. Big difference. Becky and I didn’t do it because of some profound philosophical shift we underwent. Nope, what happened was we sat down to watch X-Files one Sunday… Read More
Archive Tag: simplicity
Pass The Biscuits
You’re breaking a law right now and you don’t even know it. The Old Testament is full of regulations we don’t adhere to anymore. For instance… According to the Old Testament you can’t wear clothes made of mixed fibers: no cotton and wool blends. I’m not supposed to shave. And… Read More
A Much Greater Hunger
A small wooden desk sat in one corner. A wooden bench without cushion for a chair. A tiny bed, the size of a child’s, remains in an adjacent corner. Between them, one window. There’s very little on the plaster walls – always was I bet: a picture of a pope,… Read More
I Can Totally Do This
How much water does one inch of rainfall on 1,000 square feet of roof make? About 6,000 gallons. How much water does it take to feed our garden? No clue. But I bet it’s not 6,000 gallons. I’m hoping it’s more like 110. I have a weird hobby. I admit… Read More
Sell Everything Christian
A third of Americans now label themselves “born again Christian.” The term comes from a story in the bible in which Jesus tells a religious leader named Nicodemus that he must be “born again” in order to see the kingdom of God. American Christians in the sixties – some say… Read More
Radical Enough?
I met with a film maker from Los Angeles yesterday who’s interested in making a documentary about my family’s transition from bloat to a somewhat simpler life, the connection between simplicity and generosity and Jesus and the rub that even the smallest lifestyle and theological changes causes sometimes with culture… Read More